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Scientists already know some of the local impacts of wind farms. For example, they can, somewhat counterintuitively, reduce local wind speed. They also create their own local climates, and cause disturbances in the water in the form of a downwind wake. But what those changes might mean for marine life or for industries that depend on ocean resources is something that scientists are still trying to figure out.

Offshore wind farms can create their own local climates and may alter currents. How does that affect marine life around them?

(The Conversation)–Offshore wind is set to move further and further from shore, as demand for renewable energy grows and new floating turbine technology makes deep-water expansion possible. However, for the first time,...

The Conversation by Ben Lincoln & Tom Rippeth, Bangor University & Robert Dorrell, University of Hull Offshore wind is set to move further and further from shore, as demand for renewable energy grows and new floating turbine technology makes deep-water expansion possible.

Offshore wind is set to move further and further from shore, as demand for renewable energy grows an...